Shoe-fastening device.



0. NELSON.

SHOE FASTENING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED o0'r.1a,1909.

Patented Mar.1,191 0.

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ANDREW B GMHAM 00. FMOTO-LITHOGRAPHERS WASHINGTON U c 0. NELSON. $HOEFASTENING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED 001 .18, 1909.

Patented Mar. 1, 1910.

OSCAR NELSON, OF GLOBE, ARIZONA. TERRITORY.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

snon-rasrnmne DEVICE.

Patented Mar. 1, 1910.

Application filed October 18, 1909. Serial No. 523,146.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR NELSON, citizen of the United States, residingat Globe, in

the county of Gila and Territory of Arizona, have invented certain newand useful Improvements. inShoe-Fastening Devices, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to means for holding low cut shoes upon the foot,and the object of the invention is to provide a fastening device wherebythe shoe shall be held tightly.

in place and the ankle be braced, but whereby no rubbing can take place.Another object is to provide a combination' of straps or other fasteningties which passover those portions of the foot least likely to chafe,which may be. drawn up snugly so as to hold the shoe securely in placebut without binding upon the foot, and which when once adjusted, shallretain its adjustment, and which may be quickly tied or untied.

The, invention is particularly applicable to low shoes such as worn bychildren, athletes, and for house use.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, and toacquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference is tobehad to the following de scription and accompanying drawing, in

which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shoe provided with my improvedfastening devices; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is aperspective View, enlarged, of a fragment of a. side of the shoe and thefastening devices attached thereto; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thefastening devices detached from the shoe; and, Fig. 5 is a sectionalview on the line m-w of Fig. 3, the tie strap, however, being shownengaged with the side ad. p Corresponding and like parts are referred toin the following description and indicated in all the views of thedrawing by the same reference characters.

Referring to these figures, A designates a low shoe of any characterdesired. Attached to each side of the shoe, just forward of the tongueof the same, are the looped straps 2. These straps may be attached tothe leather of the shoe in any desired manner, as by stitching or by theuse of eyelets 3. The upper ends of the straps 2 are looped, as beforestated, and carried within each loop is the ring 1. Attached to the rearof the shoe, at the upper edge thereof, is the loop 5 which is formed bya folded piece of leather stitched at its ends to the leather of theshoe. Passing through the loop 5 is the Attached to the sides of theshoe, at a point just forward of the heel, and along the upper marginofthe shoe, are the opposed disk-like leather pads 8 which are shown indetail in Fig. 3. These have two parallel slits 9 out in their faces.Carried upon the face of each pad is a ring 10, which incloses theslitted portion of the pad. This ring, on one side, is held in placeupon the pad 8 by the folded end of the transverse rear strap 6. Thisend, designated 11, is passed through one of the slits, then folded overupon the face of the thereto by an eyelet 12.

pad and fastened In order to hold the pad 8 in place, a

upon the foot. This tie strap extends over,

the rear margin of the outer face of the pad 8, and is inserted throughone of the slits to the back of the pad, extends out through the otherslit, then is drawn around the forward edge of the pad, again outthrough the slit therein, and the free endof the tie is brought forward,passed across the instep of the foot, and is passed through the ring 4on the opposite side of the shoe. The two free ends of the tie strapsare then intertwisted so that the rings 4: are drawn to ward each other,and then the strap is tied. While I have referred to these ties as beingstraps, and while preferably they are leather straps, yet I do not wishto limit myself to any material for these straps and for the otherstraps of my device, as these may be formed of cloth, ribbon, or evencord, if necessary. It will be seen that the passing of the tiestrapthrough the slits in the pad, and then around the ring 10, acts asa cinch, whereby the strap when once adjusted at this point, is heldfrom any reverse movement. Thus by passing the straps through the rings4, the pull of the free ends of the tie straps is exerted upon the sidesof the shoe, upon the rear of the foot above the heel, and upon therings 4;, but a pull on said tie strap will not tend to fold the strap 6rearward of its point of attachment to the pad 8 and thus cause awrinkling of the strap 6 at the edge of the pad 8. The pull of the tiestrap will come upon the ring 10. Thereby, the strain is distributedover the entire foot. The passing of the tie straps through the rings4:, permits considerable leverage to be exerted to draw the tie strapstight so that the shoe shall be held snugly in place and yet without anyundue pressure upon the foot. It will also be seen that the side pads ordisks 8 yield with the motion of the foot, and that they act to preventthe rings 10 from being forced into the flesh, and prevent chafing atthe point of juncture between the ends of the heel strap 6 and the tiestraps.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. The combinationwith a shoe, of a fastening device therefor, comprising straps attachedto the sides of the shoe, forward of the instep, rings mounted in theends thereof, a heel loop attached to the heel of the shoe, a heel strappassing through the loop and extending on either side of the foot, ringsattached to the sides of the shoe and supported above the edges thereof,and tie straps attached to the ends of the heel strap, passing throughsaid rings, and adapted to be extended across the foot and passedthrough the forward rings and tied.

2. The combination with a shoe, of a fastening device, straps attachedto the sides of the shoe, forward of the instep, rings on the ends ofsaid straps, a rear loop attached to the rear end of the shoe andextending above the same, a heel strap passing transversely through theloop and extending on each side of the foot, disk-like pads supportedupon the sides of the shoe, above the edges of the same, to contact withthe foot, rings attached to said-pads, and tie straps attached to theend of the heel straps, passing through said rings, and being adapted tobe passed across the foot, through the forward rings, and then tied.

3. The combination with a shoe, of a fastening device therefor,comprising straps attached to the sides thereof, forward of the instep,and rings on the ends thereof, a rear loop attached to the rear end ofthe shoe and extending above the same, a heel strap passing through andattached to the rear loop, opposed disk-like pads supported upon thesides of the shoe, above the edges of the same, said pads having twoparallel vertical slits therein, the ends of the heel straps passingthrough the rearmost of said slits and being returned upon itself andeyeleted, a ring supported upon the face of each of said pads andengaged by the loop of the heel strap, and tie straps attached to theends of the heel strap, each strap passing inward through the rearmostslit'in the pad, then out through the forward slit therein, then aroundthe forward edge of the pad,

and then out'through the: forward slit, .the

free ends of the tie straps being adapted to be crossed over the instepof the'foot, inserted through the forward rings, and tied. In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR NELSON. [L. s.] \Vitnesses:

JOHN ROBERT MCKENZIE, CHARLES CARROLL CHAPMAN.

